Device for removing hairpins



Aug. 16, 1949.

W. H. MOORE ET AL DEVICE FOR REMOVING HAIRPINS Filed Dec. 3, 1945 lkvezzi axs;

Patented Aug. 16, 1949 DEVICE FOR REMOVING HAIRPINS William H. Moore an N. Y.; said Fuller d Lela B. Fuller, Buflalo, assignor to said Moore Application December 3, 1945, Serial No. 632,580

2 Claims. 1,

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in appliances for hair dressing establishments and more particularly to a device for removing hairpins from the hair of patrons of such establishments.

It has for one of its objects to provide a device of this character which is so designed and constructed as to conform in whole or in part to the patronss head and effect the removal of a plurality of hairpins at one time.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hairpin removing device which is simple, compact and durable in construction, and which affords the operator a material saving in time in removing the hairpins without discomfort or inconvenience to the patron.

A further object is to provide a magnetic hairpin remover whose parts are self-contained in a head-engaging hood or bonnet adapted to be suspended from a portable stand or the like.

Other features of the invention reside in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hairpin removing device embodying my invention. Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the head portion of the device. Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view of the electric circuit of the magnetic elements of the device.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

While our hairpin removing device may be mounted or supported in any suitable manner, We preferably mount it on a portable standard I having casters H at its lower end and provided at its upper end with a universally movable arm l2 hinged at 13 to the standard for verticallyswinging movement and free to swivel horizontally about the axis of such standard. Depending from the free end of this arm is a flexible cord or cable I 4 to which the hairpin removing device, indicated generally by the numeral I5, is connected. Also swivelly mounted on the standard l0 below the plane of the hairpin removing device is a tray or receptacle l6 which may be swung beneath such device to receive the pins attracted thereto and which may be swung to one side when not in use.

The hairpin removing device, in its preferred construction, consists of a chambered member in the form of a hood or bonnet including an outer casing I 1 made of a non-magnetic material, such as plastic or the like, and having handles I8 thereon for manipulating the device to and from telescoping relation with the top portion of the head of the patron. Applied to the inner wall of this casing and disposed in arcuate fashion therein are a plurality of radially disposed electro-magnets l9 which are included in an electric circuit and series-connected therein. The pole pieces 20 of the magnets face inwardly and are connected to an inner wall or lining plate 2| arranged concentrically with the casing and of a material to cause the hairpins to adhere thereto when the magnetic field created by the magnets pulls the pins from the hair of the patron upwardly into the hood. After the pins have been thus automatically picked from the patrons hair and transferred and retained within the chamber provided by the hood, the device is lifted upwardly and swung to one side over the tray I6, when the circuit is opened to remove the magnetic field and permit the collected pins to be released and drop by gravity into the tray.

The coils of the electromagnets are connected in series in a circuit including the wires 22, 23 connected to a domestic source of current supply and these wires may extend from the hood of the device upwardly through the flexible cable l4 and thence to a customary plug and socket fitting. A suitable switch 24 is interposed in the circuit and conveniently located on the outer casing 11 of the hood where it is readily accessible by the operator for controlling the magnetic circuit. If desired, a condenser 25 may be so included in the circuit as to cause the complete discharge or collapse of the magnetism in the coils of the electro-magnets when the switch 24 is opened, as well as cause the momentary surge of current to be absorbed by the condenser when such switch is closed.

We claim as our invention:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a standard, an arm mounted on said standard for movement relative thereto, electromagnetic hairpin removing and receiving means pending from said arm for movement into and out of operative relation with the head of a patron, and a tray movably mounted on the standard below said hairpin removing means for receiving the hairpins collected thereby when the circuit of such means is opened.

2. A hair pin removing device, comprising a double-walled, chambered member in the form of a hood for application to the head of a wearer, and a plurality of electro-magnets fitted in the chamber of said member and having the pole pieces thereof connected to the inner, head-en- 3 gaging wall thereof, said inner wall being of a material to cause the hair pins to adhere thereto when a magnetic field is established by said magnets.

WILLIAM H. MOORE. LELA B. FULLER.

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